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Great Lakes Pilotage Costs To Rise 1 Percent For 2020
Individual pilot target compensation will be set at $367,085 The following is text of a news release from the American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA): (WASHINGTON) — On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard published its final rule setting hourly rates for pilotage services on the Great Lakes for 2020. The final rule largely follows the…
Read MorePort Of Indiana-Mount Vernon Completes $2 Million Capital Improvement Project
Investments Include New Overhead Gantry Crane, Concrete Floor in General Cargo Terminal MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (April 10, 2020) –The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon recently completed a $2 million capital improvement project geared toward attracting more cargo to the southwest Indiana port. The 40-year-old general cargo terminal facility has a new concrete floor and an overhead…
Read MoreWorth A Thousand Words
Port director shares passion with award-winning photographs. Paul LaMarre III knows that a picture really is worth a thousand words. The director of the Port of Monroe has a passion for the freighters, tugboats and barges that traverse the unforgiving waters of the Great Lakes. It’s a love that he inherited from his…
Read More2019 Photo Contest Winners
The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership today announced the winners of their second annual photo contest. This announcement also marks the beginning of the organization’s third annual photo contest in tandem with the opening of the Soo Locks on March 25, 2020 and the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 1, 2020. Each year, to celebrate the…
Read MoreU.S. Great Lakes Shipping Begins The 2020 Sailing Season Amid The Challenges Of COVID-19
CLEVELAND, OHIO (March 24, 2020) – The first U.S.-flag commercial vessel, known as “lakers,” will transit the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in the early hours of Wednesday, March 25, signaling the start of the 2020 sailing season. They carry the materials that drive the U.S. economy: iron ore for steel, stone and cement…
Read MorePort City Review: These 20 Seaport Communities Help Drive The U.S. Economy
Ports are “crucial to the economy,” Texas economist Ray Perryman wrote in 2017. “Ports generate substantial business activity through their operations, but those benefits are dwarfed by the huge importance of water transportation to other industries.” In this survey of 20 U.S. port cities, we look at various engines of economic development and see how they…
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